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US2394469A
US2394469A US447622A US44762242A US2394469A US 2394469 A US2394469 A US 2394469A US 447622 A US447622 A US 447622A US 44762242 A US44762242 A US 44762242A US 2394469 A US2394469 A US 2394469A
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  • the invention involved herein relates to planing cutters such as are used for cutting gearsin the molding generating process, and is more particularly concerned with those cutters in which grooves are made in one end of the teeth contiguous to cutting edges for the purpose of providing a desired top rake throughout the extent of such edges; They are called flat top cutters because the end faces of their teeth, and their cutting edges, are located in a plane or planes perpendicular to the axis of the cutter. In that respect theydifie'r from helical cutters of which thecutting edges lie substantially in plancsnormal to the tooth helices, and from spur-gear-type cutters of concave conical, or dished, formation at the cutting end.
  • grooves in the ends of such flat top cutter teeth are disposed to produce surfaces intersecting one or both side facesof the several teeth at an angle suitable to give the desired top rake.
  • such grooves are provided only in connection with the tooth faces which make an obtuse angle with planes perpendicular to the axis; and with some cutters of spur type grooves are provided contiguous to both opposite side faces of theteeth.
  • groove forming tool in a manner to alter the width of the groove in the course of the groove cutting action.
  • the invention consists in combined meansorganized to effect relativ movement between a gear shaper cutter and a groove forming tool in such manner as to generate the surface of the groove which provides the top rake, in proper relation to the side face ofthe tooth and, in addi-- tion, to cause automatically a progressive widening anddeepening of the groove in the direction from the tip to the root of the tooth.
  • More specifica-ll'y and in the embodiment hereinafter described, it" consists in the combination of means for effecting a relative rolling movement between the cutter andgrooveforming tool, and means for simultaneously effecting adisplac'ement of such tool in a path substantially normal tothe'adjacent side face of 'the'tooth, toward the median line of the tooth in the course ofsuch-rolling movement in one direction, and away from that'medianiline during the relative rolling movement inthe opposite direction.
  • the said embodimentoftheinvention has been designedas: an attachment or adjunct to a cuttergrooving and. sharpenin ma.- chine-of'the character shown in the patent to Edward W. Miller No; 1,991,406, granted February 19, 1935, but without intent'to limit it to that'spe; cific combination andenvironment.
  • Fig. 1' is'a's'ide elevation of acutter grooving and sharpening: machine; containing the: last mentioned embodimentof the invention;
  • Fig.2 isra plan view oftsoimuch of the machine shown inFig; 1. asicontains the. connections and means for varying the width: of: the. groove;
  • Fig. 3. isiaverti'cal'sectiomon linef3.3-of Fig.2;
  • Figs. 4 and .5 are :vertical :sections taken on line's i -4- and-5-'-5,,respectively; of'Fig; 2;.
  • Fig; 6 is.a;partialrsection taken:on.,linet6'6 of Fig. 7-is-a' plan view of the'complete machine; on" a: smaller scale; than. the preceding figures, showing a; different adjustment of the. groove-gen.- crating; tool; V
  • Fig. 8 is an-end view-on an-enIargedTscaIeofa helical gear shape: cutter showing parts; of" two teeth after having; been operatedzonby the manes; H c
  • Figs. 9 and 10 are diagrams illustrating'two; of the-positionsoccupied, respectively, by the groovin-g: tool and cutter in. thei'cour'se ofgroovingor sharpening onetooth; I v
  • Fig. 11 is agsectional-view-of: OnerOf' the cutter teethshown in Fig, 8v taken on, the, basecylinder of the cutter, with: the grooving tool in action thereon at the widest part. of. the. groove.
  • the grinding wheel being then; located so i that the corner between one end face and'the peripheral face entersthe end face of the cutter tootha'dja'cent-to the tip, while the peripheral face extends across the side faces of the tooth at the prescribed angle of top rake, then'cuts the groove 9 and generates the bounding surfaces of the groove as involute-helicoids of thebas'e circle be; For .wideningthe groove in the wider parts of the tooth, the grinding wheel is shifted in the direction-of the-arrow-D (Fig. 11),"while thecutter rolls from the position in Fig. 9 to that of Fig.
  • the carriage in turn slides on a angle, at least with cutters of relatively 7 large stationary base I5, bolted adjustably onapedestal' helix angle, is usually too small to provide ade- I5, and is constrained to move in a straight path quate strength in an edge formed by the interat right'angles tofthe axis of the rocking holder section ofthe faces ands".
  • a bridge or yoke I8 is made fast to s with a bounding surface it of the groove inter e p ts 13 an 14 0f t Spindle ld and secting the, side face 8 and extending thence is provided with a handle I9 whereby the spindle toward the median line of the tooth at a suitable may be rocked or oscillated.
  • a rod carried by angle to provide desired top rake at the cutting the yoke It is arranged to enter between any edge e.,
  • the opposite bqllndaly'of the face i is two contiguous teeth of the cutter and rotates beveled in intersection with the side face sito the latter along with the Spindle holder.
  • a g form a cutting edge e v and a contiguous top rake segment 2
  • this angular movement of the yoke and spindle holder invention is not concerned with suchbeveling, but a s t Carriage to be displa ed d ly i s with only the top rake grooving. pres bed path.
  • This gear segment is inter- Flat' top cutters of spur gear character are changeable with others of different operating grooved contiguous to both side edges.
  • the side faces are generated witha conwith all such interchangeable S ents, Within verging taper away from the cutting end to prolimits. Preparatory to the grooving or sharpenvide a clearance back from the cutting edges.
  • the grooving tool y i 91 housing 0 g de structure 24 and has spindle.
  • the one which carries the grinding wheel may be called the ,tool spindle and theone on which the cutter i mounted ma be called the work. spindle.
  • the bearing for the 1 grinding wheel spindle 23 is a slide, preferably made as sleeve 25 fitted to slide endwise in a bushing 26 secured 'immovably in the housing 24.
  • the tool spindle housing or guide structure 24 rests on a bracket 3I,'which-is secured bycomple-,
  • a shaft 35 is mounted rotatably in a bearing 31 in the housing 24. Its inner end is supported by a ball 38 beside the sleeve 25 and carries a gear 39in mesh with rack teeth 40 cut in the side of sleeve 25.
  • the outer end of shaft 36 protrudes from the housing and to it is secured an arm 4!.
  • Arm ll has a split hub portion at one end which surrounds the shaft 36 and is caused to grip the shaft by a clamp screw 42. It extends from the shaft across the carriage I2, having an elongated slot 43 in the part which overlies the carriage.
  • a block 44 is secured to the carriage beneath arn'fdl and is formed with a transverse undercut slot 45, in the undercut part of which is confined the head 45 of a bolt 4'? which rises from the block through the slotted arm and carries a sleeve orbushing Q8 and a nut 49.
  • the nut reacting on the upper end of the bushing, serves to secure the bolt in any adjusted position by clamping the flanges of the undercut slot between the bolt head and the adjacent flanged end of the bushing.
  • the external diameter or width of the bushing is equal to the width of slot 43.
  • Block 44 is adjustable on the carriage, having a guide rib 50 on its under side contained in a groove which extends lengthwise of the carriage.
  • Bolts 52 extend through slots 53 in the block into tapped holes 54 in the carriage. A number of such holes are provided, spaced apart along the groove 5!, into different ones of which the bolts may be entered. Slots 53 are enough longer than the spacing between such holes to permit settings of the block at all intermediate points between those established by location of the bolts in different holes.
  • An adjusting screw 55 is threaded through an abutment nut 56 mounted in the carriage and is arranged to bear and apply pressure to the nearer end of the block. These adjustments permit the block to be located anywhere in the space between the abutment 56 and the farther end of groove 5
  • the carriage when moved in the direction indicated by the arrow E in Figs. 2, 9 and 10, turns the arm 41 and pinion 39 clockwise, moving the sleeve 25 in the direction of the arrow D in Figs. 6 and 11.
  • Suitable thrust means such as collars 57 and 58 on the tool spindle, overlapping internal shoulder in sleeve 25, transmit endwise movements of the sleeve in either direction to the spindle, and thereby to the grinding wheel.
  • Reverse movement of the carriage causes withdrawal of the grinding wheel.
  • a duplicate pinion 6i, shaft 62 and rack teeth 63 are provided at the opposite side of the sleeve 25 for controlling the shifting of the grinding wheel when grooving cutters of opposite hand to that here shown.
  • the housing 24 is then placed at the opposite inclination, substantially as shown by Fig. '7, the block 44, or a duplicate thereof, is mounted on the opposite endportion of the carriage in like manner to that above described, and the arm 4
  • a removable dust guard 64 is mounted on the arm 4
  • Truing tools 61 and 68 are. provided to dress the end face and peripheral face, respectively, of the grinding wheel.
  • the invention includes organizations wherein the translative component of relative rolling movement is imparted to the grooving tool, or both components to: the tool, instead of both. to the cutter being grooved.
  • Apparatus for grooving the endiface of a and desirev to secure by Letters gear shaper cuttertooth t produce a top rake surfaceof varying width intersecting a side face of the'tooth, comprising means for eifectingrelative rolling movement between such acutter and a grooving tooL'means for supporting such tool with its cuttingportion' extending across a side face of such cutter tooth in position'ata suitable angle to the plane of such rollingmovement to generate a top rake urface meetingsuch;
  • said grooving'tool being' movable along the lineof the engagement with the cutter tooth, and automatic means associated with the before named means and organized to effect shifting of the grooving tool across said side face simultaneously with .the,
  • a cutter grooving machine comprising the combination of a grinding wheel and means for effecting relative ,rolling motion between the tooth of a gear shaper cutter and such grinding wheel such that a top rake surface is generated in the tooth intersecting one side face'of the tooth such grinding wheel in a .path such as to cause 7 the grinding wheel to cute. groove in the. endface in a cutting edge, and motion transmitting'con nections between the means for effecting such rolling movement and the grinding wheel organized to effect a progressive displacement between the grinding wheel and cutter in the general direction of the axis of the grinding wheel.
  • a work holder adapted to support a, gear shaper cutter, a'grooving tool, a tool holdersupporting said grooving tool "with its cutting portion intersecting one side and one end face of a tooth of such gear' shaper cutter and extending a limited distance from said side face toward the median radial line of the tooth, means for producing relative movement between the cutter holder and grooving too1 holder compounded of rotation around the axis of the cutter and translation in a straight line, with effect equivalent to that of rolling the base circle of the cutter tooth curve on a plane in which the cutting element ofthe grooving tool is located, and motion transmitting connections between said holders organized to effect shifting ofthe grooving tool so as to cause thegroove'cut thereby to be wider at the root and contiguou parts of the cutter tooth than at the" tip thereof.
  • a machine for cutting grooves in the end I faces of the teeth of gear shaper cutters comprising a grooving tool, means for eifecting relative rolling movement between a gear'shaper cutter and such tool, means for holding the" tool with its cutting portion extending across aside face of a tooth of such cutter and within the plane of ,7 one end face therof partially across the width of the tooth from such side face, such rolling movement being arranged to cause traverse of the tool from the tip toward the root of the tooth and'vice versa, and means connected between said tool holding means andthe means for eifecting said rolling movement constructed'and arranged to tip toward the tooth root.
  • a machine for generating top rake grooves in the end faces of gear'shaper cutter teeth comprising a grinding wheel mounted rotatab ly 1 and with provision for displacement transversely to its plane of rotation, said grinding'wheel having peripheral and end cutting faces,.means' for supporting and rolling a gear shapercutte'r past iii 1 advance the 'tool further inward from the side facerduring the relative trave-rse'from the tooth of one of the cutter teeth contiguous to a side face of that tooth, and motion transmitting connections between the last named, means and the grinding wheel organized to shift the grinding in position to cut a groove in the end face of a V tooth, adjacent to a side face thereof, of a cut-v ter supported by said rocking holder, in consequence of correlated'angular movement of the rocking holder and endwise movement of the carriage, said grooving tool holder being displaceable in a path transverse to the axis of the rocking holder, and connections between the carriage and
  • a machine of the character set forth comprising a carriage guided to move in a prescribed path, a pivot element mounted on said carriage,
  • said pivot element may be located in difierent positions both lengthwise and crosswise of the carriage path, a tool holder support adjacent to the carriage, a lever pivotally mounted on said support extending toward the carriage and having a slot of which the length dimension is transverse to the carriage path and the sides embrace said pivot member, a tool holder mountedfor displacement translatively on said support, and connections between said lever and tool holder for so displacing the tool holder when the lever is rocked about its axis.
  • a machine for forming a top rake surface in the end face, and intersecting the obtuse angle side face, of a tooth of a helical gear shaper c-utter comprising the combination of a groove cutting tool, means for effecting relative movement between said tool and cutter tooth such that the cutting effect of the tool is progressively applied at successive points between the tip and root of the tooth, and motion transmitting connections between said tool and the said movement-effecting means organized to cause relative displacement between the tool and the cutter tooth transversely of the side face of the tool in the course of progression of the groove cutting action.
  • a supporting structure a work carriage mounted movably on said supporting structure, a tool holder guide mounted on the supporting structure adjacent to the carriage, a tool holder supported by said guide with provision for movement thereon in a prescribed path, the guide being angularly adjustable to locate such path at various inclinations to the path in which the carriage moves, and transmission mechanism between the carriage and tool holder for imparting movement from the former to the latter comprising a part coupled with the carriage to be moved thereby when the carriage is moved and an associated part engaged with the tool holder for simultaneously moving the latter in its prescribed ath.

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Feb. 5 1946. w p NORTON JR 2,394,469
I MACHINE FOR CUTTING VARIABLE-WIDTH GROOVES IN CUTTER TEETH Filed June 19, 1942 4 Sheets-Shet l Feb. 5, 1946. 2,394,469
MACHINE FOR CUTTING VARIABLE-WIDTH GROOVES IN CUTTER TEETH W. P. NORTON, JR
Filed June 19, 1942 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 W W1U Ear/M717 I E Y/ WN 1 QM- Feb. 5, 1946. w, NORTON, JR I 2,394,469
MACHINE? FOR CUTTING VARiABLE-WIDTH GROOVES IN CUTTER TEETH Filed June 19, 1942 v 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 1946. w. P. NOR TON. JR 2,394,469
MACHINE FOR CUTTING VARIABLE-WIDTH GROOVES IN CUTTER TEETH 4 Sheets- Sheet 4 Filed June 19, 1942 Patented Feb. 5, 1946 MACHINE FOR CUTTING YARiABLE-WIDTH GROOVES IN CUTTER TEETH Wendell P. Norton, Jr., Springfield, Vt, assignor to The Fellows Gear Shaper CompanmSpringfield, Vt., a corporation of Vermont.
Application June-19, 1942, Serial 160,447,622
15 Claims. (Cl. 51-45) The invention involved herein relates to planing cutters such as are used for cutting gearsin the molding generating process, and is more particularly concerned with those cutters in which grooves are made in one end of the teeth contiguous to cutting edges for the purpose of providing a desired top rake throughout the extent of such edges; They are called flat top cutters because the end faces of their teeth, and their cutting edges, are located in a plane or planes perpendicular to the axis of the cutter. In that respect theydifie'r from helical cutters of which thecutting edges lie substantially in plancsnormal to the tooth helices, and from spur-gear-type cutters of concave conical, or dished, formation at the cutting end. The grooves in the ends of such flat top cutter teeth are disposed to produce surfaces intersecting one or both side facesof the several teeth at an angle suitable to give the desired top rake. In the case of helical cutters of this character, such grooves are provided only in connection with the tooth faces which make an obtuse angle with planes perpendicular to the axis; and with some cutters of spur type grooves are provided contiguous to both opposite side faces of theteeth.
Withmany cutters, and this'is particularly true with cutters having narrow teeth, or teeth especially narrow at the tip, grooves as wide as can be accommodated within th boundaries of the-tip are not wide enough at the root or base, and adjacent regions of the tooth, to give sufficient'clearance for free escape of chips. In such cases'it is necessary to widen the groove at and adjacent to the root. Preferably variations between narrowest and widest portions of the groove should be gradual, so that the inner bounding wall of the groove may be a continuoussmooth curve. This object has previously been stated, and the method of achieving it described, in the pending application of James L. Williamson, Serial No. 434,055, filed March 10, 1942, which matured as-Patent 2,354,165, on July'18, 1944'. My object is to achieve the same result as described in said application, and to accomplish it automatically by means of mechanism associated with a cutter grooving or sharpening machineand organized to displace the,
groove forming tool in a manner to alter the width of the groove in the course of the groove cutting action.
The invention consists in combined meansorganized to effect relativ movement between a gear shaper cutter and a groove forming tool in such manner as to generate the surface of the groove which provides the top rake, in proper relation to the side face ofthe tooth and, in addi-- tion, to cause automatically a progressive widening anddeepening of the groove in the direction from the tip to the root of the tooth. More specifica-ll'y, and in the embodiment hereinafter described, it" consists in the combination of means for effecting a relative rolling movement between the cutter andgrooveforming tool, and means for simultaneously effecting adisplac'ement of such tool in a path substantially normal tothe'adjacent side face of 'the'tooth, toward the median line of the tooth in the course ofsuch-rolling movement in one direction, and away from that'medianiline during the relative rolling movement inthe opposite direction. The said embodimentoftheinvention has been designedas: an attachment or adjunct to a cuttergrooving and. sharpenin ma.- chine-of'the character shown in the patent to Edward W. Miller No; 1,991,406, granted February 19, 1935, but without intent'to limit it to that'spe; cific combination andenvironment.
In. the drawings? Fig. 1' is'a's'ide elevation of acutter grooving and sharpening: machine; containing the: last mentioned embodimentof the invention;
Fig.2isra plan view oftsoimuch of the machine shown inFig; 1. asicontains the. connections and means for varying the width: of: the. groove;
Fig. 3. isiaverti'cal'sectiomon linef3.3-of Fig.2;
Figs. 4 and .5 are :vertical :sections taken on line's i -4- and-5-'-5,,respectively; of'Fig; 2;.
, Fig; 6=is.a;partialrsection taken:on.,linet6'6 of Fig. 7-is-a' plan view of the'complete machine; on" a: smaller scale; than. the preceding figures, showing a; different adjustment of the. groove-gen.- crating; tool; V
Fig. 8 is an-end view-on an-enIargedTscaIeofa helical gear shape: cutter showing parts; of" two teeth after having; been operatedzonby the manes; H c
, Figs. 9 and 10 are diagrams illustrating'two; of the-positionsoccupied, respectively, by the groovin-g: tool and cutter in. thei'cour'se ofgroovingor sharpening onetooth; I v
v Fig. 11 is agsectional-view-of: OnerOf' the cutter teethshown in Fig, 8v taken on, the, basecylinder of the cutter, with: the grooving tool in action thereon at the widest part. of. the. groove.
Like reference characters designate the same parts wherever they occur in all. the figures In explanation. of the objectssoug'ht and the procedure carried out by means' of the mechanism: which constitutes: this invention, attention isdirectedfirst; toFigs: K li inclusive; Here" C represents. a: gear shaper" cutter: of: the flat top variety having helical teeth t, 25', it, etc. The end face of this cutter and of the cutting ends of its teeth lie in a plane, or closely adjacent planes, perpendicular to the axis of the cutter.
is a rotatable grinding Wheel; and'such awheel is shown in these drawings and is designated G.
When the grooving is done bymachines of" the before named. Miller patent, both. components r of rolling motionarev given to the cutter while the grinding wheel remains in the same location.
When grooving from tip. to root of a left hand helical tooth, which is the situation illustrated'in Figs. :9. and the centerof the cutter ismoved in a straightlin'e in the direction of the. arrow 1 "A and the cutter is rotated about its axis in the direction of the arrow B, at speeds correlated to produce the same displacement effects as though the base circle bc were'rolled on a straight line i r movement of the spindle and grinding wheel' is. The grinding wheel, being then; located so i that the corner between one end face and'the peripheral face entersthe end face of the cutter tootha'dja'cent-to the tip, while the peripheral face extends across the side faces of the tooth at the prescribed angle of top rake, then'cuts the groove 9 and generates the bounding surfaces of the groove as involute-helicoids of thebas'e circle be; For .wideningthe groove in the wider parts of the tooth, the grinding wheel is shifted in the direction-of the-arrow-D (Fig. 11),"while thecutter rolls from the position in Fig. 9 to that of Fig. 10, and is shifted in the'opposite direction when the rolling movement of the cutter is reversed.- Those directions are parallel to the middle peripheral-elementbf the-grindingwheel in contact'wit'h the cutter tooth and are 'substan-' tially. normal to the curvature of the groove and to the tooth face s, but inclined from the exactly normal. relation to such face by the angle of top rake. The extent of shift, when cutting a groove of the dimensions shown in Fig. 8, is indicated 7 grooving action.
by the full and broken line ing wheel in Fig. 11. V
In the embodiment of means herein illustrated positions of the grind- The plane of the end face is indicated at I in 5 for accomplishing the result described, the cut- Fig. 11. As is shown by Fig. 11, the side face 5 ter to be sharpened is clamped onthe end of of the cutter tooth t (and the corresponding face a spindle I I (Fig. 1), contained rotatably in of every other tooth) makes an obtuse angle, .a rockin'g. holder, which in turn is mounted roand the opposite side face s makes :an acute tatably in-a carriage I2. Said holder is provided angle, with the end face f. The obtuse angle 1Q on opposite ends with a flange or head I3 and is too large to make a good cutting edge at the a collar [4 overlapping the ends of its bearing in intersection of the faces f ands, while the acute, the carriage. The carriage in turn slides on a angle, at least with cutters of relatively 7 large stationary base I5, bolted adjustably onapedestal' helix angle, is usually too small to provide ade- I5, and is constrained to move in a straight path quate strength in an edge formed by the interat right'angles tofthe axis of the rocking holder section ofthe faces ands". Therefore a groove I f and spindle by'a guide I I fitted to a guideway in g is cut in the face 1 contiguous to the side face the base? A bridge or yoke I8 is made fast to s with a bounding surface it of the groove inter e p ts 13 an 14 0f t Spindle ld and secting the, side face 8 and extending thence is provided with a handle I9 whereby the spindle toward the median line of the tooth at a suitable may be rocked or oscillated. A rod carried by angle to provide desired top rake at the cutting the yoke It is arranged to enter between any edge e., The opposite bqllndaly'of the face i is two contiguous teeth of the cutter and rotates beveled in intersection with the side face sito the latter along with the Spindle holder. A g form a cutting edge e v and a contiguous top rake segment 2| secured to the spindle holder meshes surface It makingya less acute angle with the with a rack 22 secured to the base I5 whereby face s, than does the end face 1. However, this angular movement of the yoke and spindle holder invention is not concerned with suchbeveling, but a s t Carriage to be displa ed d ly i s with only the top rake grooving. pres bed path. This gear segment; is inter- Flat' top cutters of spur gear character are changeable with others of different operating grooved contiguous to both side edges. In all pitchgl'adii a d the ac s adjustable to esh cutters the side faces are generated witha conwith all such interchangeable S ents, Within verging taper away from the cutting end to prolimits. Preparatory to the grooving or sharpenvide a clearance back from the cutting edges. ns of any sp fi u na se m nt appr pri t In forming such grooves initially, and deepenfor that cutter is selected. Usually oneof which ingthemsubsequently to sharpen the cutting the pitch circle radius with respect to therack edges afterweana relative rolling motion is pro'--' is the same as the, b se C cle adius of the cutter duced between the cutter and a grooving tool is emplo ed. r compounded of rotation around the axis of the e ind ng Whe lG is carried by the p ot udcutter and linear translation of either the cutter g end of a spindle or shaft 23 mounted rotat or the grooving tool. Generally the grooving tool y i 91 housing 0 g de structure 24 and has spindle.- To distinguish one spindle from the other, the one which carries the grinding wheel may be called the ,tool spindle and theone on which the cutter i mounted ma be called the work. spindle. The bearing for the 1 grinding wheel spindle 23 is a slide, preferably made as sleeve 25 fitted to slide endwise in a bushing 26 secured 'immovably in the housing 24. A motor 21 mounted in the housin'g adjacent to the tool spindle transmits'rotationto the'latter by a 10111- leyiand belt drive 23,1 29and 30, of which one of the :pulleys (in this instance the pulley 28) has a face wider than the belt'to' permit endwise tension to the belt, is shown in Fig. 3.
The tool spindle housing or guide structure 24 rests on a bracket 3I,'which-is secured bycomple-,
mental guide members 32 and 33 to the'pedestal I6, in a'mann'erto permit vertical adjustment of grinding wheelfi arranged and adjusted to place its axis in the imaginary-plane in space, 'corresponding'to the line is of Figs. 9 and 10, on which the base circle The grinding wheelmay als larly to generate atop rake'surface (represented by the surface h in Figs. 8 and'lI), at j i iyd l' degree in cutters of any-helix angle enact right hand or left hand inclination. For this purpose a cylindrical peripheral face coaxial with the:
pply a regulated the bracketto-accommodate the grinding-wheel V 1 5 to cutters of different diameters. Preferably the of the cutter rolls during the.
o be adjusted angu I,
accuse v '3- the housing 24 is coupled to the. bracket 3| by a pivot 34, the axis of which preferably intersects the axis of the tool spindle 23 at a point near the grinding wheel. The position of these parts for acting on the left hand helical cutter illustrated in Figs. 8-11 is shown in Fig. 2', and that for similarly acting on a right hand cutter is shown in Fig. 7. Clamping means of any known, or other, suitable character, not shown here, may be provided for securing the housing in its VQJIlOllSQDO- sitions. But generally friction between the heavy housing and the supporting bracket, supplemented by the clamping effect due to setting up a nut 35 on the pivot 34 issufficient to prevent accidental displacement of the housing. 1
Endwise movement is imparted tothe bearing sleeve 25, and thereby to the tool spindle and grinding wheel, from the work carriage l2. by the following connections. A shaft 35 is mounted rotatably in a bearing 31 in the housing 24. Its inner end is supported by a ball 38 beside the sleeve 25 and carries a gear 39in mesh with rack teeth 40 cut in the side of sleeve 25. The outer end of shaft 36 protrudes from the housing and to it is secured an arm 4!.
Arm ll has a split hub portion at one end which surrounds the shaft 36 and is caused to grip the shaft by a clamp screw 42. It extends from the shaft across the carriage I2, having an elongated slot 43 in the part which overlies the carriage. A block 44 is secured to the carriage beneath arn'fdl and is formed with a transverse undercut slot 45, in the undercut part of which is confined the head 45 of a bolt 4'? which rises from the block through the slotted arm and carries a sleeve orbushing Q8 and a nut 49. The nut, reacting on the upper end of the bushing, serves to secure the bolt in any adjusted position by clamping the flanges of the undercut slot between the bolt head and the adjacent flanged end of the bushing. The external diameter or width of the bushing is equal to the width of slot 43.
Block 44 is adjustable on the carriage, having a guide rib 50 on its under side contained in a groove which extends lengthwise of the carriage. Bolts 52 extend through slots 53 in the block into tapped holes 54 in the carriage. A number of such holes are provided, spaced apart along the groove 5!, into different ones of which the bolts may be entered. Slots 53 are enough longer than the spacing between such holes to permit settings of the block at all intermediate points between those established by location of the bolts in different holes. An adjusting screw 55 is threaded through an abutment nut 56 mounted in the carriage and is arranged to bear and apply pressure to the nearer end of the block. These adjustments permit the block to be located anywhere in the space between the abutment 56 and the farther end of groove 5|.
Thus the carriage, when moved in the direction indicated by the arrow E in Figs. 2, 9 and 10, turns the arm 41 and pinion 39 clockwise, moving the sleeve 25 in the direction of the arrow D in Figs. 6 and 11. Suitable thrust means, such as collars 57 and 58 on the tool spindle, overlapping internal shoulder in sleeve 25, transmit endwise movements of the sleeve in either direction to the spindle, and thereby to the grinding wheel. Reverse movement of the carriage causes withdrawal of the grinding wheel. A spring 59 confined between a flange 60 on sleeve 25 and the adjacent end of the fixed bushing 26, takes up backlash between the pinion 39 and teeth 40.
Moments proportional to the travel of the carriage are thus imparted to the grinding-wheel in the direction to widen the groove 9 when the cutter rolls from the position of Fig. 9 to that of Fig. 10, and to narrow the groove when the'cuta ter rolls in the opposite direction. The ratio of grinding wheel movement to carriage travel may be varied by shifting the pivot bolt 41 along'the slots 45 and 43, thereby changing theefiective length of the arm 4|. The slotted portion of the arm is long enough, not only to permit such adjustment, but also to permit angular adjustment of the grinding wheel according to the helix angle of the cutter being grooved and the degree oi-top rake required. Adjustments" of the block 44 lengthwise of the carriage determine the locations of the points at which the endwise shifting of the grinding wheel begins and ends.
A duplicate pinion 6i, shaft 62 and rack teeth 63 are provided at the opposite side of the sleeve 25 for controlling the shifting of the grinding wheel when grooving cutters of opposite hand to that here shown. The housing 24 is then placed at the opposite inclination, substantially as shown by Fig. '7, the block 44, or a duplicate thereof, is mounted on the opposite endportion of the carriage in like manner to that above described, and the arm 4| is secured to the shaft 62' and engaged with the block 44 in like manner. Reciprocations of the carriage then produce similar but relatively opposite axial movements of the grinding wheel.
It is to be understood of course that movements of the carriage which serve to roll the cutter away from the grinding wheel are continued far enough to bring the cutter entirely clear of the grinder so that it may be indexed.
A removable dust guard 64 is mounted on the arm 4| to cover the pin and slot connection thereof with the block 44'; another dust guard 65 is secured to the bushing 26 and bears with spring pressure on an external shoulder of the tool spindle overlapping the adjacent end of the spindle bearing; and a dust cover 66 is secured detachably to the outer end of housing 24, covering the outer end of the spindle bearing and the drive between the motor and tool spindle. Truing tools 61 and 68, of conventional character, are. provided to dress the end face and peripheral face, respectively, of the grinding wheel.
While I have herein described an embodiment of the invention particularly designed for cooperation with cutter sharpening machines such as are illustrated in the before named Miller patent, I wish to make clear that I am not limited to-the details of such embodiment or design, but-that the invention includes other embodiments. and combinations containing the same general. principles as hereinbefore described. For instance, the invention includes organizations wherein the translative component of relative rolling movement is imparted to the grooving tool, or both components to: the tool, instead of both. to the cutter being grooved.
In further definition of the term grooving used in the foregoing specification, I would say that this term includes both the initial grooving of new cutters and the sharpening of cutters which have become dull in use. Even though sharpening may involve no more than deepening of the previously formed groove by a minute distance, yet the operation, is the same in that case and is considered to be aptly designated by the term here defined.
What I claim Patentis: o v .1. Apparatus for grooving the endiface of a and desirev to secure by Letters gear shaper cuttertooth t produce a top rake surfaceof varying width intersecting a side face of the'tooth, comprising means for eifectingrelative rolling movement between such acutter and a grooving tooL'means for supporting such tool with its cuttingportion' extending across a side face of such cutter tooth in position'ata suitable angle to the plane of such rollingmovement to generate a top rake urface meetingsuch;
side face in a cuttingedge in consequence of such relative rolling movement, said grooving'tool being' movable along the lineof the engagement with the cutter tooth, and automatic means associated with the before named means and organized to effect shifting of the grooving tool across said side face simultaneously with .the,
progress of relative rolling movement.
2. A cutter grooving machine comprising the combination of a grinding wheel and means for effecting relative ,rolling motion between the tooth of a gear shaper cutter and such grinding wheel such that a top rake surface is generated in the tooth intersecting one side face'of the tooth such grinding wheel in a .path such as to cause 7 the grinding wheel to cute. groove in the. endface in a cutting edge, and motion transmitting'con nections between the means for effecting such rolling movement and the grinding wheel organized to effect a progressive displacement between the grinding wheel and cutter in the general direction of the axis of the grinding wheel.
'3. The combination of a work holder adapted to support a, gear shaper cutter, a'grooving tool, a tool holdersupporting said grooving tool "with its cutting portion intersecting one side and one end face of a tooth of such gear' shaper cutter and extending a limited distance from said side face toward the median radial line of the tooth, means for producing relative movement between the cutter holder and grooving too1 holder compounded of rotation around the axis of the cutter and translation in a straight line, with effect equivalent to that of rolling the base circle of the cutter tooth curve on a plane in which the cutting element ofthe grooving tool is located, and motion transmitting connections between said holders organized to effect shifting ofthe grooving tool so as to cause thegroove'cut thereby to be wider at the root and contiguou parts of the cutter tooth than at the" tip thereof.
4. A machine for cutting grooves in the end I faces of the teeth of gear shaper cutters comprising a grooving tool, means for eifecting relative rolling movement between a gear'shaper cutter and such tool, means for holding the" tool with its cutting portion extending across aside face of a tooth of such cutter and within the plane of ,7 one end face therof partially across the width of the tooth from such side face, such rolling movement being arranged to cause traverse of the tool from the tip toward the root of the tooth and'vice versa, and means connected between said tool holding means andthe means for eifecting said rolling movement constructed'and arranged to tip toward the tooth root.
' 5. A machine for generating top rake grooves in the end faces of gear'shaper cutter teeth comprising a grinding wheel mounted rotatab ly 1 and with provision for displacement transversely to its plane of rotation, said grinding'wheel having peripheral and end cutting faces,.means' for supporting and rolling a gear shapercutte'r past iii 1 advance the 'tool further inward from the side facerduring the relative trave-rse'from the tooth of one of the cutter teeth contiguous to a side face of that tooth, and motion transmitting connections between the last named, means and the grinding wheel organized to shift the grinding in position to cut a groove in the end face of a V tooth, adjacent to a side face thereof, of a cut-v ter supported by said rocking holder, in consequence of correlated'angular movement of the rocking holder and endwise movement of the carriage, said grooving tool holder being displaceable in a path transverse to the axis of the rocking holder, and connections between the carriage and grooving tool holder organized to impart movement to the latter in consequence of endwise movement of the carriage. V
7. The combination of 'a carriage mounted with provision'fon movement ina prescribed path, a
tool spindle holder mounted adjacent to the carriage with provision for movement translatively in a different path, a tool spindle rotatably mounted in said holder, a lever pivoted adjacent to the tool spindle holder extending thence to g the carriage and engaged therewith to be rocked when the carriage travels, and motion transmitting means betweentheglever and; spindle holder constructed to shift the spindle holder when the 'lever is rocked. e V v 8. The combination of a carriage mounted for translative movement in a given path, a housing structure adjacent to the carriage, a spindlehold- 7 er mounted for endwise movement in the housing structure provided. with a series of teeth, a tool spindlemounted rotatably in said spindle holder and being movable endwise therewith, a gear ele- V ment mounted rotatably in the housing structure in mesh with the teeth of the spindle holder, an
arm connected with the: pinion toturn about the axis thereof and impart rotation thereto when so turned, and means on the carriage: coupled with saidarm for imparting angularmovement thereto'when the carriage is moved.
9. The combination of a carriage mounted for movement in a prescribed path, a'tool holder supported adjacent to the carriage with provision for movement in a different path, a lever/pivoted adjacent to-said holder and connected therewith to transmit movement to the, holder when turned about its pivot axis, said lever extending from its point of support toward thecarriage in a direction transverse to the carriage path, and a pivot interconnected between said lever and carriage for imparting angular movement to the lever when the carriage travels. V V
10. The combination set forth in claim 9 and including provisions for adjusting said pivot connection so as to vary'the'extent of angular movement imparted to the lever bya given translative movement of thecarriage;
11. .The combination of a carriage mounted for movement translatively in a prescribed path, a support adjacent to the carriage, a tool holder located and movable on said support in a pree scribedpath,saidsupport being angularly adjustable to place the tool holder path at various inclinations to the carriage path, a lever pivotally mounted on said support and coupled with the tool holder to impart movement to the latter when turned about its pivot axis, said lever extending from its point of support toward the carriage, and a pin and slot connection between the lever and carriage constructed to impart angular movement to the lever when the carriage is moved, and the slot element of said connection having an extent sufiicient to permit the before mentioned angular adjustment of the tool holder support.
12. The combination of a carriage mounted with provision for translative movement in a given path, a tool holder support located adjacent to the carriage, a tool holder mounted on said support with provision for displacement, a lever pivoted to said support extending toward the carriage and having a slot of which the length dimension is generally transverse to the carriage path, a pivot i located in said slot and engaged with the carriage for transmission of motion from the carriage to the lever, said pivot being adjustable lengthwise of the slot and crosswise of the carriage path for varying the angle through which the lever is turned in consequence of a given length of carriage travel, and transmission means between the lever and tool holder for moving the latter when the lever is turned about its pivot axis.
13. A machine of the character set forth comprising a carriage guided to move in a prescribed path, a pivot element mounted on said carriage,
provisions whereby said pivot element may be located in difierent positions both lengthwise and crosswise of the carriage path, a tool holder support adjacent to the carriage, a lever pivotally mounted on said support extending toward the carriage and having a slot of which the length dimension is transverse to the carriage path and the sides embrace said pivot member, a tool holder mountedfor displacement translatively on said support, and connections between said lever and tool holder for so displacing the tool holder when the lever is rocked about its axis.
14. A machine for forming a top rake surface in the end face, and intersecting the obtuse angle side face, of a tooth of a helical gear shaper c-utter, comprising the combination of a groove cutting tool, means for effecting relative movement between said tool and cutter tooth such that the cutting effect of the tool is progressively applied at successive points between the tip and root of the tooth, and motion transmitting connections between said tool and the said movement-effecting means organized to cause relative displacement between the tool and the cutter tooth transversely of the side face of the tool in the course of progression of the groove cutting action.
15. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a supporting structure, a work carriage mounted movably on said supporting structure, a tool holder guide mounted on the supporting structure adjacent to the carriage, a tool holder supported by said guide with provision for movement thereon in a prescribed path, the guide being angularly adjustable to locate such path at various inclinations to the path in which the carriage moves, and transmission mechanism between the carriage and tool holder for imparting movement from the former to the latter comprising a part coupled with the carriage to be moved thereby when the carriage is moved and an associated part engaged with the tool holder for simultaneously moving the latter in its prescribed ath. p WENDELL P. NORTON, JR.
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